ABS Turns Two!

As I mentioned the other day, ABS officially turns two day - that's 728 days of blogging behind me, and hopefully many more years of posts and reviews to come.  The two years have flown by and I can't even say how much fun I've had sharing random bits of my life along with my musings on products over the years. 

Thank you so much to everyone who's stuck by my humble little blog throughout the past two years, and of course a warm welcome to my newer readers who may have just discovered ABS - I hope you'll be with me for my next blogiversary!  In honor of my blogiversary, I'll be hosting a two-week long celebration here on ABS replete with giveaways, discount codes, a move to Wordpress, and my forum launch.  Please do stay tuned for it all! 
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TGIF!

The weekend is nearly upon us, and all I can really say is - thank goodness!  I don't know how much more of the work week I could've handled, and while this weekend is going to be insane for me (I'm cooking a 7 course formal dinner for a party of eight) I'm definitely looking forward to the reprieve from work. 

Plus just last night I realized that the 2 year anniversary of ABS is nearly upon us!  Can you believe that come Sunday, I'll have been blogging for a full two years?  Despite the fact that I almost missed it, I've got some great things planned for next week (this was actually most by coincidence lol) including a new look for the blog (this may actually be mid-next week), the launch of my forum (finally!) and a bunch of fantastic giveaways, plus an ABS-exclusive Korres discount code.  Hope you're all as excited for this as I am! 
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L'Oreal Studio Secrets Professional Color Correcting Primers

I've been waiting for L'Oreal's Studio Secrets collection to be brought stateside ever since I heard about its launch in the UK, and while it doesn't look like we'll be getting the entire collection, I'm more than happy to settle for these Professional Color Correcting Primers.  Available in three shades - green to counteract redness, pink to illuminate and add warmth to light complexions, and apricot to lend a radiant, healthy glow to medium/dark skintones - these primers are infused with moisturizing agents to ensure smooth, even foundation application.

Check out more details and photos after the jump!

L'Oreal's Studio Secrets Professional Color Correcting Primers not only come packaged in sleek tubes reminiscent of Make Up For Ever's HD Primers, but they're also contain SPF 15 to provide sun protection on a daily basis.  The pink and apricot shades contain mother-of-pearl particles to provide you with a radiant complexion and I'm really hoping for great things.  I'd usually go for the anti-redness, but I'm dying to see just how prominent the mother-of-pearl is in the anti-dull ones, so should I be lucky enough to happen upon these at one of my local drugstores (just checked Walgrees today with no luck) I'll be picking up the pink.

Have you tried these?  Got your eye on them?  Share in the comments!

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Urban Decay Friends & Family: Save 30%

I love the frequency and regularity with which Urban Decay brings us their always celebration-worthy 30% off F&F events - if there's one thing I love more than makeup, it's buying makeup at a discount!  Now through April 19, 2010, use code: 1SFNF at checkout to save 30% on your total Urban Decay purchase (and as always, automatically get free-shipping on all orders over $50). 

This time around I've got my eye on the All Nighter Long Lasting Makeup Setting Spray ($29), De-Slick Oil Control Makeup Setting Spray ($29), and of course the De-Slick in a Tube ($28).  Be sure to pop back to ABS to share your hauls!   
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